Kongregate Game Jam!

We’re super excited to announce our first game jam! The game jam will take place from May 27th to June 3rd, giving you a solid week to get your jam finished and uploaded to Kongregate.com! We’ll be announcing the theme and special modifiers at the start of the jam. You can find more information about the game jam on the Kongregate forums.

If you can’t make this game jam, no worries! Kongregate has a group running Game in Ten Days (GiTD), who are always welcoming to new participants. Check out all their jams here and keep an eye out for the next jam through the development forums.

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